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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Foreigner Postgraduates Study in Korea are getting more and more

The number of foreign students at Korean universities has increased
sharply since the Millennium, but mostly at undergraduate level. Only
now are postgraduate numbers also rising.

Attempts to woo Chinese
students in particular resulted in the number of foreign students in
Korean universities jumping fivefold from 16,832 in 2004 to 89,537 in
2011. But recently the influx of undergraduates has slowed but more
postgraduates are studying in Korea.

According to the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology, the number of foreign
undergraduates, which had been rising by 6,000 to 8,000 each year,
increased by just 932 in 2010 and 2011 with the total now at 44,641. But
the number of foreign postgraduate students went up by 2,721 during the
same period.

Experts say this shows that the research capacity of Korean universities is getting due recognition.

While
Chinese students account for 82 percent of foreigners in undergraduate
programs, students on master's and doctorate programs come from much
more diverse backgrounds. Half of postgraduates are still Chinese
students with 9,599, but there are also 1,409 Vietnamese, 1,512
Mongolians, 591 Americans, 536 Indians, and 384 Bangladeshis.

The
ministry said Indian graduate students used to go mostly to the U.K. or
the U.S. in the past, but with the rising profile of Korean companies
like Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor in India, recognition on the Korean
technological prowess there has improved, so now more Indians want to
study here.

Sixty-five percent of foreign students in doctorate
programs, or 2,934 people, are studying science and technology. Experts
also believe that active recruitment of talented foreign students by
Korean professors amid shrinking interest in those subjects by Korean
students played a part.